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Man sentenced to prison for trying to establish meth market

Friday, November 20, 2009
Dyersburg State Gazette
A Mexican man accused of attempting to establish a methamphetamine market in Obion County was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Jackson.

Adolfo Ortiz-Alcazar is to be imprisoned for 87 months in a federal prison as close to the West Tennessee area as possible. The judgment sheet noted that Ortiz-Alcazar was born in 1982 and has a mailing address in Michoacan, Mexico.

Ortiz-Alcazar pleaded guilty Aug. 6, 2008, to a single charge of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamines. An additional charge of possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamines with intent to distribute was dismissed.

After serving his prison term, Ortiz-Alcazar will be placed on supervised release for five years. The release period will be downgraded to "unsupervised" if he leaves the United States and does not return. During his release period he must participate in drug and alcohol testing and treatment programs and provide DNA samples. He also was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.

He and eight other Obion County residents were indicted Nov. 19, 2007, for allegedly developing a market for the illegal drug in Obion County. All nine have pleaded guilty; five are awaiting sentencing.

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Here illegally of course...secure the borders!!!

-- Posted by terminator on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 4:54 PM

So...let's just say he is here illegally. We are going to keep him in the US in our prison system and pay for his housing, healthcare needs and meals while he serves out a prison sentence?! What's right about that? Send him back to his hoometown and country.

-- Posted by thisismysay on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 10:05 PM

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